Ta' Kenuna Tower, Nadur

Name: Ta' Kenuna Tower
Address: Nadur, Malta

#3 among attractions in Nadur

Top attraction, Tower

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Ta' Kenuna Tower is a semaphore tower on the cliffs near Nadur on the island of Gozo, Malta. It was built by the British in 1848, as one of three semaphore towers in Malta. The tower was restored in 2005, and it now houses as a beacon to warn ships of their proximity to land, as well as a number of communication antennas. ()

Completed: 1848 (176 years ago)Coordinates: 36°2'8"N, 14°17'2"E

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Ta' Kenuna Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ġgantija, Our Lady of Loreto Parish Church, Fort Chambray, Ninu's Cave.

1.2 miNW
, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Ġgantija, Xaghra
30 min walk • Ġgantija is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt.
0.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Our Lady of Loreto Parish Church, Għajnsielem
19 min walk • Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto is a Roman Catholic neo-gothic parish church located in the village of Għajnsielem on the island of Gozo, Malta.
1 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort Chambray, Għajnsielem
27 min walk • Fort Chambray or Fort Chambrai is a bastioned fort located in the precincts of Għajnsielem, on the island of Gozo, Malta. It was built in the mid-18th century by the Order of Saint John, in an area known as Ras it-Tafal, between the port of Mġarr and Xatt l-Aħmar.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ninu's Cave, Xaghra
39 min walk • Ninu's Cave is a cave in the village of Xagħra, Gozo, Malta. Ninu's Cave was discovered by local resident Joseph Rapa in 1888 while digging a well under a private house. Ninu's Cave is not far from another underground feature, Xerri's Grotto. The cave is formed in upper coralline limestone.
1.5 miNW
Church, Baroque architecture
Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady, Xaghra
38 min walk • The Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic parish church in Xagħra, Gozo, Malta, dedicated to the Nativity of Mary. The present building was constructed between 1815 and 1855, on the site of a smaller church which had been built in the 17th century. The dome was added in 1892.
1.4 miSW
Tower
Mġarr ix-Xini Tower, Gozo
36 min walk • Mġarr ix-Xini Tower is the largest of the coastal watchtowers that the Knights of Malta erected on the island of Gozo. It watches over the entrance to the bay of Mġarr ix-Xini, limits of Għajnsielem, which lies on Gozo's south-west coast.
0.6 miE
Church, Baroque architecture
Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Nadur
16 min walk • The Basilica of St Peter and St Paul is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and parish church located in Nadur, Gozo in Malta.
1.2 miNW
, Temple
Megalithic Temples of Malta, Xaghra
32 min walk • The Megalithic Temples of Malta are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, built during three distinct periods approximately between 3600 BC and 2500 BC on the island country of Malta.
1.3 miNW
Prehistoric site
Xagħra Stone Circle, Xaghra
34 min walk • The Xagħra Stone Circle, also known as the Xagħra Hypogeum or the Brochtorff Circle, is a Neolithic funerary complex located in Xagħra, Gozo, Malta. It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure.
0.7 miSW
Church, Vernacular architecture
Santa Cecilia Chapel, Għajnsielem
19 min walk • The St Cecilia Chapel is a former Roman Catholic chapel in the limits of Xewkija, Gozo, Malta, dedicated to Saint Cecilia. It was built in around 1540, but it was deconsecrated in 1644, being converted into an ancillary building for the nearby Santa Cecilia Tower.
1.4 miNW
Museum, Archaeological museum
Ta' Kola Windmill, Xaghra
36 min walk • Ta' Kola Windmill, Maltese: Il-Mitħna ta' Kola, is a windmill in the village of Xagħra, on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. It was built in 1725 by the Fondazione Vilhena of Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena, and was rebuilt in the 1780s. It became a museum in 1992.

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Nearby attractions include Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Nadur (16 min walk), Museum Għajnsielem, Xlendi (19 min walk), Our Lady of Loreto Parish Church, Għajnsielem (19 min walk), Santa Cecilia Tower, Għajnsielem (19 min walk).